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i I TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM W. WILCOX, 0f Middletown, in the county of Middlesex, and in the State otl Connecticut, have invented annew and useful Improvement in Eyelets; and I do hereby declare. the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled inthe art to make and use the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawing, forming partv of this specieation, in which drawing- Figure I represents a. transverse section of this invention, showing it secured to a. piece of cloth.

Figure 2 is a plan or end view of the saine when detached.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

This invention consists in the arrangement of :1 ronfmlr material to which the same is to be fastened, in sueh a manner t is enabled to take hold of the materialy with increased tenacity, position, the material to which it has been fastened is not liable to get detached spontaneously. The roughness ofthe ring consists of a series of oblique teeth, which by their position und form are particularly adapted to retain the material to which the eyelet is fastened with great tenacity." v A represents an eyelet made of sheet metal in the ordinary manner. Between the flange rt of this eyelet and the material to which the same is to be fastened, I interpose a. ring, b, of iron, brass, 0r any other suitable material. That surface of this ring 'which faces the material, is provided with aseries of teeth, which by preference are placed in an oblique position, as shown in tig. 2 of the drawing, or said surface may be roughened in any other suitable manner, so that when the eyelet is secured to the material, the rough surface of the ring will bite in the material, and retain the saine with much greater tenacity than an eyclet applied in the ordinary hat a rough surface of any desired description will h-surface ring between the flange of an eyelet and the hat by the rough surface of the ring the eyelet` manner, without the rough-surface ring. It is obvious t serve in this case, but if the teeth of the ring are made oblique, as shown in fig. 2 of the drawing, they are able to retain the material to which the eyelet is fastened with the greatest tenacity, since these oblique teeth will not allow any portion of the material to strip off in a radial direction, and I prefer therefore to use such oblique teeth in my rough-surface rings.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The arrangement of :trough-surface ring, 6, .between thc flange of an eyelet and the mater the same is to be fastened, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. Providing the rough-surface ring, when uscd in combination with an eyelet, with oblique teeth, as and iai to which for the purpose set forth.

WILLIAM W. WILCOX.

Witnesses:

M. CULVER, EvAN Davis.

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